User:Borderman

Hello and welcome. I go by the name of Borderman but people who know me just call me Chris. I have two websites hosted by Miraheze, my other project being The Lonsdale Battalion, which has been around for a while and is forever a work-in-progress.

So, you have reached my user page. Whether you stumbled across it or happened upon here with purpose, I am the creator and administrator of this site and I am here to help out if anyone runs into issues. This area is where I tend to add stuff to help me work on different aspects of the site, mainly because I forget things that might be useful. So it is here where I come back to, making notes and adding links to other pages and templates.

I am not a photographer, at least not in the professional sense, but I do enjoy taking photos, primarily of landscapes. I use the Sony RX10 bridge camera and my iPhone 12 Pro. A lot of the photos on this site have been taken with my iPhone, simply because for the size, it carries a fair bit of power. It will never compare to a dSLR, especially a full-frame dSLR, but for simple shots they are great, which is why it always comes in handy when out walking in the countryside without the bulkier camera.

There is a lot of photographic snobbery out there, which doesn't sit well here. If you enjoy taking photos, it shouldn't matter what tools you use. I have taken some fairly decent silky smooth waterfall photos with just my iPhone and small tripod. Zoom in and yes, the quality isn't top notch but I can still enlarge the pictures to full-size on my Mac and they look pretty good.

Using my photos

If you would to you any of my photos, you are welcome to providing you give proper attribution ― Please read this first.

My sub-pages here

Templates I use regularly

The following templates are used on a regular basis through the site. These are seen primarily on article pages that require the use of infoboxes, mapping, internal and external links, references, and various types of formatting to enhance the body of text, plus many more. Most of these simple template have been created by myself. There may be some templates copied from other wikis with the same Creative Commons licence.

Template name	Template description
INFOBOX TEMPLATES ↓
Template:Infobox settlements (old version)
Template:Infobox lakes (old version)
Template:Infobox tarns (old version)
Template:Infobox rivers
Template:Infobox fells (old version)
Template:Infobox valleys
Template:Infobox parks (old version)
Template:Infobox waterfalls (old version)
FORMATTING TEMPLATES ↓
Template:Center	For centring text
Template:Right	For right-aligning text
Template:xx-smaller	Text at 58% original size
Template:x-smaller	Text 69% original size
Template:smaller	Text 83% original size
Template:fine	Text 92% original size
Template:Larger	Text 120% original size
Template:x-larger	Text 144% original size
Template:xx-larger	Text 182% original size
Template:xxx-larger	Text 207% original size
Template:xxxx-larger	Text 249% original size
Template:X-larger	Making text even larger
COORDINATE TEMPLATES ↓
Template:Osm	For creating a clickable latitude and longitude link to Open Street Map
Template:Osm2	For creating a clickable latitude and longitude link to Open Street Map
Template:Location	For adding decimal degree, National Grid and what3words coordinates in collapsible box
Category:Compass direction templates	Set of 16 templates for compass directions used on image pages
WIKI LINK TEMPLATES ↓
Template:W1	For linking to Wikipedia articles
Template:W2	For linking to Wikipedia articles when I want the text to appear differently to the original article
NOTE / MESSAGE TEMPLATES ↓
Template:Inaccurate gps	Note about incorrect gps metadata being adjusted
Template:Note	For creating editorial notices (with a hover-over element) intended for editorial purposes
Template:Hatnote	For creating simple editorial notices intended for editorial purposes
Template:Improve article	Simple pre-defined note about helping to improve article
Template:Limited info	Simple pre-defined note about helping to improve article because of limited information
FILE UPLOAD TEMPLATES ↓
Template:File details	The main template to be used when uploading photos.
Template:Historic map details	To be used specifically for uploading historic / old maps.
REFERENCE TEMPLATES ↓
Template:Reflist	For populating references in article pages
Template:Blair-2002	Exploring Lakeland Waterfalls (Don Blair)
Template:Blair-2003	Exploring Lakeland Tarns (Don Blair)
Template:Collingwood-1904
Template:Cooper-1960	The Tarns of Lakeland (William Heaton Cooper)
Template:Gambles	Lake District Place-Names (Robert Gambles)
Template:Martineau-1855	Complete Guide to the English Lakes (Harriet Martineau)
Template:Otley-1834	A Concise Description of the English Lakes and Adjacent Mountains (Jonathon Otley)
Template:Smith-lakes	The Big Lakes of Lakeland (Alan Smith)
Template:Smith-tarns	The Smaller Lakes and Tarns of Lakeland (Alan Smith)
Thompson-1904	The English Lakes: A History (Ian Thompson)
Template:Whaley	A Dictionary of Lake District Place-Names (Diana Whaley)
Template:Wordsworth-1835

Links to websites I use

Ordnance Survey explore maps – Used for National Grid reference numbers
UK Grid Reference Finder – Very handy for getting latitude / longitude / what3words / OS National Grid references.
Lake District National Park website – Fairly self-explanatory
National Trust Heritage Records Online – Archaeological records of National Trust properties and land
Online Etymology Dictionary – Great for researching the history of words
Anglo-Saxon Dictionary – For researching Old English words
Middle English Dictionary – For researching works from Middle Ages period
Old Norse Dictionary – Useful for researching Old Norse words and their meanings for etymology sections
Wiktionary – For researching a variety of Old Norse and Old English words and their meanings

Helpful guides

Helpful PDF guide to the OS National Grid

Contact me

Please feel free to drop me a message on discussion page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.